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The first match-up in our March Database Madness is Factiva vs. LexisNexis, two sources for news and business information.

Let’s take a look at Factiva:
– Owned by the Dow Jones Corporation, Factiva provides access to thousands of premium news and information sources
– 600 continuously updated newswires
– Information and stock quotes on over 22 million public and private companies
– Over 100 industry snapshots
– News from around the world, in English
– News in 28 languages

– What is the slam dunk, crowd-pleasing feature of Factiva?   Factiva Pages!  Under the News Pages menu, choose Factiva Pages from the drop down list.

Factiva Pages gives you the front page of the top major publications – The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. You can see today’s front page or use the drop down to view the past two weeks of these papers. Not only can you view the front page articles from these newspapers, but you can use the drop down list to select other sections of the paper such as Letters to the Editor, Sports, Style, Arts & Entertainment, and Business & Finance.

Next up we have LexisNexis:

News searches
– over 400 newspapers
– 800 wire services
– 1723 magazines
– 1300 foreign language newspapers
– 650 college and university newspapers (including the Furman Paladin!)

Legal searches
– all federal and state cases 
– over 750 law reviews
– all federal statutes and federal regulations
– International Legal searches
– Canadian law
– Canadian cases
– EU cases through 2013
– Hong Kong, New Zealand, and South Africa cases

Company searches
– almost 300 business publications and reports
– over 2200 market and industry new sources

– What is the slam dunk, crowd-pleasing feature of LexisNexis?   Easy access to landmark Supreme Court cases!

Once you click on the “Cases” link, you will be directed to a page which lists a few of the landmark Supreme Court cases. If you click on “All Topics,” you will see a much longer list.

For help becoming a Factiva or LexisNexis expert user, please visit the Research Assistance Desk.